Effective permeabilities for flow through anisotropic microscopic geometries

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Autori principali: Balazi, Loïc, Holzberger, Fabian, Lunowa, Stephan B., Peter, Malte A., Peterseim, Daniel, Wohlmuth, Barbara
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author Balazi, Loïc
Holzberger, Fabian
Lunowa, Stephan B.
Peter, Malte A.
Peterseim, Daniel
Wohlmuth, Barbara
author_facet Balazi, Loïc
Holzberger, Fabian
Lunowa, Stephan B.
Peter, Malte A.
Peterseim, Daniel
Wohlmuth, Barbara
contents This work develops a computational and theoretical framework for determining effective permeabilities in anisotropic microscopic geometries containing dense, fibre-like obstacles, motivated by the need to model flow in coiled aneurysm domains accurately. Building on homogenisation theory and fully resolved simulations in Representative Elementary Volumes (REVs), we validate the permeability model introduced in [C. Boutin, Study of permeability by periodic and self-consistent homogenisation. Eur. J. Mech. A Solids, 19(4):603-632, 2000] and propose a systematic methodology for capturing the directional variations induced by fibre orientation. The resulting permeability tensors are incorporated into macroscopic flow simulations based on the Darcy equation, enabling direct comparison of anisotropic and isotropic permeability models across several benchmark configurations. Our findings show that anisotropy has a significant impact on local flow direction and magnitude, generating directional permeability contrasts which cannot be reproduced by classical isotropic approximations. By integrating coil-induced microstructural effects into continuum-scale hemodynamic models, the proposed approach enables more realistic assessment of post-treatment aneurysm flow behaviour. Beyond this clinical application, the framework is broadly applicable to other biomedical and engineering systems involving fibrous or filamentous porous microstructures.
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spellingShingle Effective permeabilities for flow through anisotropic microscopic geometries
Balazi, Loïc
Holzberger, Fabian
Lunowa, Stephan B.
Peter, Malte A.
Peterseim, Daniel
Wohlmuth, Barbara
Fluid Dynamics
Numerical Analysis
76M50, 35B27, 76Z05, 92C35, 92C50
This work develops a computational and theoretical framework for determining effective permeabilities in anisotropic microscopic geometries containing dense, fibre-like obstacles, motivated by the need to model flow in coiled aneurysm domains accurately. Building on homogenisation theory and fully resolved simulations in Representative Elementary Volumes (REVs), we validate the permeability model introduced in [C. Boutin, Study of permeability by periodic and self-consistent homogenisation. Eur. J. Mech. A Solids, 19(4):603-632, 2000] and propose a systematic methodology for capturing the directional variations induced by fibre orientation. The resulting permeability tensors are incorporated into macroscopic flow simulations based on the Darcy equation, enabling direct comparison of anisotropic and isotropic permeability models across several benchmark configurations. Our findings show that anisotropy has a significant impact on local flow direction and magnitude, generating directional permeability contrasts which cannot be reproduced by classical isotropic approximations. By integrating coil-induced microstructural effects into continuum-scale hemodynamic models, the proposed approach enables more realistic assessment of post-treatment aneurysm flow behaviour. Beyond this clinical application, the framework is broadly applicable to other biomedical and engineering systems involving fibrous or filamentous porous microstructures.
title Effective permeabilities for flow through anisotropic microscopic geometries
topic Fluid Dynamics
Numerical Analysis
76M50, 35B27, 76Z05, 92C35, 92C50
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.04133